Saturday, August 4, 2012

Hacking the Dettol Automatic Dispenser

This must be the bargain of the month. The Dettol No-Touch Hand Wash System sells for $19.99. That includes the battery-operated automatic dispenser, a 250mL hand wash refill, and 4xAA batteries. Woolies is currently selling it on special for $9.99. A discount of 50% sounds nice. I did some searching and found a special edition Ice Age 4 package hidden at the back. For the same price, you get a free children's movie voucher. Considering that movie tickets are now around $15, this is a steal! Better still, the item checks out for $8.49 at the counter!

The only complaint for this automatic dispenser is that it dispenses a lot of hand wash, and the refill is quite expensive. Good thing there's a hack/mod to make it dispense less. Video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRfLlz0EA4k
Basically, you take off the 4 screws inside the battery compartment. Press the refill-release button to remove the upper compartment. Disconnect the feed tube and the sensor, so that you can safety take off the base unit. Pry off the plug located in the middle of the unit. Invert the orange stopper. Put everything back in. The dispenser should now dispense less.

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